a Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, UP, India b SAIF Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, UP, India
Abstract:
We have developed an efficient method to regioselectively deacetylate polyacetoxyacetophenones using BF3·OEt2 in excellent yields and demonstrated the application of the procedure in the synthesis of natural products.